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IMPROVED OAR-TRUCK.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAYlCONOERN:

Be, it known that-I, JOSEPH BAYSORE, of Freeport, in the county ofStephenson, and'State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Car-Truck; andl do hereby declare that the following is ai'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to' make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a truck, and adapt or apply it to a car in such a manner that in the event-of the breaking of a wheel or axle the truck will be sustained in position, and the car prevented from being thrown ofl the'track-a contingency which almost invariably occurs when the axle or wheel of a truck breaks or gives way;v In the aecompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of iny invention, taken in the line m :12, fig. 2.

Figure 2, aplan or top view of the same detached from the floor of the car.

Figure 3, a transverse section of a portion of the same, taken in the line-y y, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

The frame of the truck is composed of two longitudinal side-pieces, a a, connected by transverse bars 1; B c c, as will be understood by referring to figs. 1 and2. AA represent the axles of the truck, and B the wheels, the latter being secured on the former in the usual or any proper manner, and having their journals fitted in the ordinary or any suitable boxes. C represents springs, which are attached to the under side of the transv ersebars b b, and eirtendontward, and are bent in loop-form to encompass the axles A'A, as shown in fig; 1. Between these springs C and bars D, above the axles, there are interposed springs E, and to said bars D there are attached metal straps F, two to each bar, through which straps the axles pass. Between the bars I) 6 there is fitted a sliding bar,G, the bottom of Gresting on springs H attached to a bar, I, the ends of which are fitted in metal straps d, the upper ends of the straps being attached to the upper surfaces of the bars 5 b, as shown in fig. '1. To the upper surface of the sliding bar G there are attached rollers e, upon whichacircle-plate, J, secured'to the under side of the car-bed K rests, and upon the upper-surface of said circle-plate, rollers L work, which are attached to the upper surfaces of the bars D. These rollers L serveas a supportfor the bars I) in the event of the breaking of a' wheel or axle, and prevent the truck from falling and throwing the car oil from the track. The truck is connected to the car-bed K by a bolt, f, which is concentric with the circle plate J. The straps F serve as temporary boxes to hold the axles in the event of the breaking-of the same,

or a wheel thereon. The springs C E admit of a requisite play of the bars to conform to the-vertical play of v the car-body under the actionof the springs 11,011 which the axle-boxes rest.

"I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent- The arrangement and method of connection of the axles A of the truck to the car-bed K, through :the medium of the straps F, bars D, rollers L, and circle-plate J, arranged substantially in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

I also claim the springs C E, arranged and applied to the truck substantially in the, manner as and for the purpose specified.

V JOSEPH BAYS ORE.

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